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Corruption in plain sight. A slush fund that Trump can use to help his friends...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-lawsuit-irs-leak-3729de38770b558be01712a143437bf8

DOJ announces $1.7B fund to compensate Trump allies
The Trump administration has announced the creation a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they were mistreated by the Biden-era Justice Department. The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” was announced by the Justice Department on Monday as part of a deal to resolve President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns. Democrats and government watchdogs immediately pledged to fight what they called a “cor…

A group of Democratic senators
and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees,
sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation
asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network,
with House lawmakers going further and accusing the agency of acting illegally.
The Ocean Observatories Initiative is a network of more than 900 ocean sensors built at a cost of $386 million.
Over the last decade it has…

Lawmakers push to stop Trump dismantling of ocean observatory project
Lawmakers are demanding the National Science Foundation stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network being wound down under President Donald Trump's administration. House Democrats on two committees call the action illegal. Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley says he's drafting legislation to freeze the removal of instruments until a full scientific review is completed. The National Science Foundation directed the removal of most of the system’s instru…

Democratic Lawmaker, 83, Has Been Missing for a Month (Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/post/210433/democratic-lawmaker-missing-month-midterms
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p39#a260514p39

Primary elections are taking place in Oklahoma today and a closely watched run-off is underway in Georgia,
as Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican party faces its next test.
In Washington DC - a Democratic stronghold - voters are also selecting a candidate for the party ahead of November’s mayoral election.
Oklahoma will hold races to help decide US senate and gubernatorial candidates.
Ahead of November’s midterms, Trump has given his early backing to Kevin Hern…

Trump DOJ argues Georgia can conduct last-minute voter purges, despite federal law (Yunior Rivas/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-argues-georgia-can-conduct-last-minute-voter-purges-despite-federal-law/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p100#a260609p100

It was a plan House G.O.P. leaders hoped would satisfy everyone in their party:
With a special budget bill, they would bypass Democratic opposition and provide tens of billions for the Iran war while imposing new election restrictions Trump has demanded.
Instead, a day after the leaders released the plan, which hews closely to a spending request the White House sent to Capitol Hill last month,
it became clear it is a product that no one really likes.
The measure, whic…

Republican Rifts Deepen Over $95 Billion Budget Plan for Iran War and SAVE Act
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked the advancement of a must-pass defense bill in protest of Donald Trump’s resumption of hostilities with Iran.
The hold up of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) comes amid the fiercest exchange in fire between the countries in weeks,
which has amplified frustration among Democrats that the US remains involved in the conflict despite the passage last month of a war powers resolution intended to force a ceasefire.
Chuck Schumer, t…

Senate Democrats block advancement of defense bill to protest Trump’s hostilities with Iran
Chuck Schumer says Republicans are ‘ignoring the nation’s most urgent national security crisis’ amid US exchange of fire with Iran

Who will win the House?
The scales are shifting.
The map is becoming so tilted that a four-point Democratic win might not be enough for a majority
The Virginia Supreme Court’s decision that last month’s redistricting referendum violated the state’s constitution has predictably sent Democrats into a frenzy.
Democrats are going to be even angrier in November if
— as now appears possible
— they win the national popular vote by a large margin but don’t capt…

Who will win the House? The scales are shifting.
The map is becoming so tilted that a four-point Democratic win might not be enough for a majority.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
said Monday that he’s confident
Democrats will still win back the House of Representatives,
despite Republicans now being poised to come out ahead in Donald Trump’s redistricting war.
“The failed GOP majority will not be able to gerrymander themselves back into power,”
Jeffries wrote in a new letter to House Democrats
Jeffries said the House Democratic caucus would meet Thursday as they plot next steps.
…

‘We remain undeterred’: Hakeem Jeffries says gerrymandering won’t save House Republicans
“The failed GOP majority will not be able to gerrymander themselves back into power."

Graham Platner, who’s been squabbling with state party leadership over controlling the next steps in the race, reportedly told his staff he will wait to suspend his campaign until Monday
― the last day that he can withdraw under Maine law
https://www.

Platner Waiting Until Last Minute To Formally Withdraw From Senate Race: Reports
Some Maine Democrats have already announced their campaigns to replace him.